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Shortage of schools, teachers'

Large number of students eligible to attend schools miss admission
NATORE. Feb 4 : About 60.80 thousand children of Natore district are deprived, of the light of primary education due to various problems like lack of schools, teachers and necessary atmosphere In the educational institutions, it was leamt.
According to a survey report. the total number of children of school-going is two lakh 76 thousand 900 in Natore district. Of the total, at least two lakh 36 thousand 100 children got admitted in schools. Among the admitted children, about 20 thousand children have dropped out from the schools.
The report also says that about 40.80 thousand children. eligible to attend schools, can not be admitted as there are no schools in about 800 villages in six thanas of the district.
About 8.000 children enjoy primary education facilities under the mass education' programme of Islamic Foundation and under the 'sub formal school pro-Sammes conducted by dif-rent NGOs.
According to official sources, there are at least 1.306 villages in six thanas of the district.
The source further said, there are about 406 government primary schools and 160 registered primary schools in about 566 villages of the district. There are no school in about eight hundred villages. For this reason, about 40800 children could not be admitted In primary schools.
According to government rule, at least five teachers are essential for a primary school. Therefore. about two thousand 30 teachers are needed for the government primary schools in the district. But there arc 1.763 teachers against the required affiliated posts in these schools.
The source added, about 44 important posts are lying vacant in the Government Primary Education Department. Of the vacant posts. 33 posts are of teachers, one post of the District Primary Education Officers, two posts of Thana Primary Education
Officers, six posts of Assistant Thana Primary Education Officers and four posts of clerks-cum-typist.
Food for Education (FFE) programme has been Introduced in 51 schools in the remote areas of the district so far But the standard of education in these schools are reportedly decreasing day be day following negligence of the authorities, ignorance of the poor guardians and shortage of teachers, it was alleged
At least four teachers are there per school under FFE programme. But the number of children of these school are far more than the normal.
Another source said, most of the children could not be enrolled In primary schools as their guardians prefer them to work for earning. Many students left schools, when their schools were damaged by floods, storms and other natural calamities. '
Local elite have urged the concerned authorities to take Soper and immediate steps r ensuring better atmosphere in education sector.